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Reggae Boy Renaldo Cephas looks to the heavens after one of many attempts on goal during Jamaica’s World Cup Qualifier against Bermuda at the National Stadium on Tuesday night. Cephas had two assists in the 4-0 rout.
15 Oct, 2025 0

TRENCH TOWN CONNECTION

AFTER AN impressive 4-0 win over Bermuda in their Group B Concacaf World Cup Qualifier at the National Stadium on Tuesday, Reggae Boyz coach Steve McClaren said the chemistry between the Trench Town…
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15 Oct, 2025 0

Gas prices down

Motorists will pay less for gas on Thursday. The state-owned oil refinery, Petrojam, says E-10 87 is to move down by $2.19 to sell for $154.42 per litre and a litre of E-10 90 will go down by $2.50…
West Indies captain Roston Chase.
15 Oct, 2025 0

Chase heartened by West Indies fightback

DELHI, India (CMC): WEST INDIES Test captain Roston Chase has hailed his troops for their courageous performance against India in the second Test, despite losing the match and the Test series. The…
A Cornwall College cadet participating in the flag ceremony during the proclamation event.
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Oct 4 belatedly proclaimed ‘Mount Alvernia Chetwood Day’ in MoBay

WESTERN BUREAU: Sam Sharpe Square in Montego Bay was the backdrop for a poignant moment on Wednesday as Mayor Richard Vernon proclaimed October 4 as Mount Alvernia Chetwood Day. The occasion, part of…
Dalton Fowles, country manager, Mastercard Jamaica, presents Mastercard’s new SME Digital Payment Study during a media roundtable discussion in the Blue Mountain Room of the AC Hotel in St Andrew yesterday.
15 Oct, 2025 0

SMEs see spike in business with adoption of digital payment systems

Jamaican small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that have embraced digital payments have seen significant growth in their businesses, a recent Mastercard study has revealed. The study, conducted…
The Statistical Institute of Jamaica in St Andrew.
15 Oct, 2025 0

Late delivery

The Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) has revealed the population grew by 2.8 per cent from 2011 to 2022, as it yesterday released the long-anticipated census, bringing an end to a gruelling…
Former Prime Minister P. J. Patterson speaks at the P. J. Patterson Institute for Africa Caribbean Advocacy Scholarship, sponsored by the National Commercial Bank, in honour of his 90th birth anniversary, at the institute located at The University of the W
15 Oct, 2025 0

‘Dangerous and horrible’

Former Prime Minister P.J. Patterson is describing the United States (US) drone attacks on vessels in Caribbean waters as “fundamentally dangerous and a horrible erosion of regional leaders’…
Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States Major General (ret’d) Antony Anderson right engages Minister of Finance and the Public Service Fayval Williams in discussion during a courtesy call on ambassador Anderson on Monday.
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Finance minister in Washington for IMF, World Bank annual meetings

Minister of Finance and the Public Service Fayval Williams is in Washington, attending the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank. The meetings, which began…
Donna-Gaye Brady, inspector of poor at The Marie Atkins Night Shelter, says the group that organised Saturday’s feeding of persons at the shelter adhered to the call for cooperation and, as a result, the activity went smoothly.
15 Oct, 2025 0

Managed meals over mayhem

Acting Inspector of Poor at the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation, Donna-Gaye Brady, says the Poor Relief Department has been receiving numerous calls from individuals and organisations…